Peter A. Carr

Synthetic biology, iGEM, parenting, weird nature, comedy. Soft spot for cephalopods. RT means interest, maybe agreement.

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

#ilike how our bravado for mastering the living world contrasts with our inability to master basic audio-visual equipment. #SB7conf

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2024 ⁦@iGEM⁩ undergrad winners!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2024 ⁦@iGEM⁩ overgrad winners!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

⁦The @iGEM⁩ high school winners!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

@iGEM Giant Jamboree finalists are posted!
https://t.co/s0qcSk5IGo

[Daniel Bryan Goodman @dbgoodman]

I'm pumped to build an amazing interdisciplinary team at Penn. If you are passionate about using genomic technologies to probe the immune system, combining pooled genetic screens with language models, and transforming the future of cellular immunotherapy, please reach out! 🧵2/3

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

It begins…

[iGEM @iGEM]

Registration for the 2024 iGEM Competition is officially OPEN! Register by April 5 to avoid the late fee. 🔗https://t.co/I7rnetH9Ah

[Tae Seok Moon @Moon_Synth_Bio]

My best article @ScienceMagazine. It took ~1 year for me to publish it since its 1st submission. I hope it will positively change the #culture. I hope you will work together with me to make a better world for the next #generations. Please retweet broadly.
https://t.co/EGEC6HC7hg

[Michael C. Jewett @MichaelCJewett]

An exciting line-up at #SEED 2024
Make plans to attend!
https://t.co/89PM9j7k1u

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study https://t.co/d0kiHBbuuO

[iGEM Community @iGEMCommunity]

A thank you to all the 2023 iGEM Judges who helped evaluate, celebrate, & guide the next generation of synthetic biologists for the the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree!

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#iGEM2023

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (undergrad division) goes to McGill!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (overgrad division) goes to Estonia-TUIT!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (high school division) goes to Japan-United!

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The 2023 @iGEM finalists have been posted!
https://t.co/mCPpWN18Ba

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

The @iGEM Grand Jamboree has its grip on me for the next 4 days. Let’s go! #iGEMjudging

[Jon Entine @JonEntine]

Happy 41st birthday, genetically-engineered insulin. Your approval by the FDA in 1982 took 5 months. How many years would it take now? @henryimiller https://t.co/HYcbcoJ0uT via @GeneticLiteracy

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

U.S. urges DNA synthesis firms to ramp up screening for biosecurity threats
https://t.co/UFauB24TOf

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

qPCR has been an invaluable tool for so many different types of experiments, including genotyping and threat detection/diagnosis. If you’ve had a “PCR test” for COVID, you have benefitted from Bob Watson’s ingenuity. Thank you for joining me in celebrating his life and work.

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

On his birthday each year I like to celebrate and share the memory of my mentor Bob Watson, who had a huge impact on my career. Bob is best known as the co-inventor of quantitative PCR (qPCR, also called real-time PCR). The original paper:
https://t.co/OUxsbrjMYK

[Peter A. Carr @PeterACarr]

Bob took a chance on me and gave me an internship at Cetus Corp right out of high school, more unusual at that time. (1980’s feels like the Stone Age now.) Cetus was the birthplace of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and I had the good luck to be there at just the right time.